Chapter 185: The End of the Imperial Family (3)

Wang Zhenpeng hesitated for a moment, and looked up at the third brother in front of him, who often made him jealous, this is his own brother after all. In the end, family affection defeated the demon of jealousy, Wang Zhenpeng glanced at Wang Zhenyu deeply, turned his head and shouted to those soldiers who had already disagreed: "You guys are so good, I will go back to the barracks to rest." ”

After speaking, Wang Zhenpeng strode away from Chaoyangmen, Wang Zhenyu nodded with satisfaction, and didn't say anything, just let the carriage go home.

And these twenty banner soldiers secretly cheered and quietly opened the Chaoyang Gate......

"Waste, rice bucket" Yuan Shikai, who has always paid attention to maintaining integrity, was furious, and he grabbed a bunch of documents directly from the table and threw them at Lei Zhenchun and Wu Binghu. These two ruthless people who could make the people of Beijing fear by stomping their feet are now sweating profusely, and they almost knelt down directly to the president.

"Tell yourselves, tell yourselves, what is the situation? Unexpectedly, under your noses, under your banner, not only buried Prince Qing's family alive, but also confiscated Prince Qing's money in HSBC. 100 million, 100 million, do you know how much trouble this money will be in the hands of the rebellious party? Did you know? ”

Lei Zhenchun was sweating profusely, and secretly scolded the iron-blooded salvation country for being shameless, pretending to be something bad, and actually pretending to be the military and political law enforcement department under his jurisdiction, which would make him unlucky. Lei Zhenchun, who was unwilling, still replied by luck: "The president is angry, it's not that people in low positions are incompetent, it's really that these chaotic parties are too cunning......"

"Don't fart, do you have a good monitoring of the palace on weekdays, and the extortion is very positive. Don't think I don't understand, burying 80 people alive, what a big pit, how long does it take to dig such a big pit? For such a long time, your Military and Political Law Enforcement Department and the Jingshi Police Department have not found any abnormalities? A bunch of wine bags and rice bags. ”

Lei Zhenchun was naturally unconvinced by this in his heart: "Prince Qing's Mansion is not small, and this gang of gangsters is also capable and fierce, taking advantage of the lack of water in this season, they directly dug a pit in the dry pond of the palace, and then buried eighty or ninety people with their hands." But if you want to mention this again, Lao Yuan has to use himself as a target. ”

After having such an idea in his heart, Lei Zhenchun naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and honestly bowed down and admitted his mistake.

As for Wu Binghu, he was also sweating profusely, but he had been with Lao Yuan for some years, so his performance was much calmer than Lei Zhenchun, and at this moment he was standing there without biting.

Yuan Shikai scolded for a while, seemed to be tired of scolding, coughed twice and said: "Don't spend it in front of me, take out your skills, what can this iron and blood, you have to give me an explanation within ten days." Do you hear that? ”

"Yes, please rest assured that the president will be ...... in his humble position"

"Get out, get out, go to action, don't shout slogans with me." Yuan Shikai waved his hand in annoyance and drove the two big devils out like a fly, and he had a lot of things to worry about now.

"Xiong Bingsan and Duan Hefei seem to have been in conflict recently," Yuan Shikai turned his head and asked Yang Du.

Yang Du has begun to follow Yuan Keding to start to be busy persuading him these days, and he doesn't know much about the situation of the State Council, so he is very cautious: "I have heard that we old Beiyang don't seem to buy Premier Xiong's account very much, and it is said that we are all clamoring to change the prime minister in private......"

Yuan Shikai didn't speak after listening to it, but just said to himself: "Bingsan's wings seem to be stiff now, and I should consider another person to be the prime minister......"

Xiong Xiling, who was being replaced by Lao Yuan, was eating and drinking tea with three guests in his official residence at the moment, and these three guests were none other than Liang Qichao, Cai Yi, and Wang Zhenyu.

Liang Qichao's identity at this time was the chief justice of Xiong Xiling's cabinet and the leader of the Progressive Party, which was once unique in history during the Beiyang government of the Republic of China. The reason why that little day was much more nourishing than that of the Kuomintang was because Liang Qichao and his Progressive Party were not political parties in the simple sense, they had a military background. And the armed forces headed by Cai Yi are the greatest force relied on by the Progressive Party. It is precisely because of the support of the local warlords led by Cai Ye that Liang Qichao has his current status.

Historically, Xiong Xiling's talent cabinet only lasted until February 1914, and now with the support of Liliang, a local armed force in Hunan and Guizhou led by Wang Zhenyu, he should theoretically be able to support it for a longer time. But history has made a huge joke, and it is precisely because of the support of Wang Zhenyu and other hometown soldiers that Xiong Xiling, the prime minister, feels that he has a lot of confidence. Xiong Xiling dared to openly resist some of Lao Yuan's orders, and he was even more-for-tat for the aggressive actions of Duan Qirui and others of the Beiyang Department. As a result, the Xiong Xiling government, which prides itself on being a talented cabinet, has also begun to crumble, and Yuan Shikai will not allow a strong prime minister to appear on the head of him, the president, even Xiong Xiling, who has been friends with him for many years......

"Ren Gong, I have received a rumor that Lao Yuan plans to remove me as the prime minister. Do you have any plans as Attorney General? Xiong Xiling looked at Liang Qichao with a smile with a wine glass.

Liang Qichao took a mouthful of food very calmly and ate it into his mouth: "I can't get tired of eating this mutton shabu in Beijing, I remember that the first time I ate this dish was in the Guangxu period." After Kang Nanhai and I were summoned by the first emperor, we went to Donglaishun to eat, and now I think about it for almost twenty years. ”

Xiong Xiling was still very familiar with Liang Qichao, he drank a cup of himself, and asked in front of Cai Yi and Wang Zhenyu: "Ren Gong, here are all your own people, Songpa is your student, and Wen is my little fellow." If you think of something, say it. ”

Liang Qichao smiled, put down his chopsticks and said: "Actually, there is nothing to say, Lao Yuan's idea Xiong Lao must have seen it, it is nothing more than to restore the imperial system." I, Liang Qichao, were also a member of the royalist party at the beginning, and now that I think about it, this Qing Dynasty should die, if he does not die, heaven will not tolerate it. ”

After saying that, Liang Qichao ate a piece of mutton shabu by himself, Wang Zhenyu was very interested in this giant who left a deep footprint in the political and cultural fields in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and naturally waited for Liang Qichao's next high talk.

"Almost 20 years ago, we were still Jinshi who went to Beijing to take the exam, and we were agitating for the reform of the law, not to overthrow the imperial court, but to achieve a rich country and a strong army through the reform of the law. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was still in internal and external difficulties, riddled with holes and crumbling. The princes and ministers are respected and high, but none of them have the interest to save the Qing Dynasty, and they are more interested in how to move the golden mountain of the Qing Dynasty to their own homes. If nothing else, let's just say that Prince Qing, who replaced Prince Gong in charge of the military aircraft at that time, oh, it is the one who was buried alive in Manfu these days. When he can't see the situation clearly, you don't know that the Qing Dynasty is greedy from top to bottom. Don't say it's him, it's the old woman Cixi who knows all about these bad things. But they just don't want to change the law, weishenme? They are all thinking about the little interests in their hands, so they are not nobles of the Qing Dynasty at all, they are all bloodsuckers attached to the Qing Dynasty. Now that the revolution has passed, all that was needed to change the law at the beginning was to give up a little bit of interests, cut a little bit of meat, and give the people some hope, but these people with vested interests refused to give it. And now? The revolution is over, and they even have to hand over their lives, don't you see that the royal family of the former Qing Dynasty is now in a panic, and they are all planning to hide in the concession? ”

Xiong Xiling nodded and said, "I heard that someone found the bodies of Prince Qing's father and son in Tianjin, and they are waiting for someone to confirm it." What about hundreds of millions of family fortunes in the past, it was just a pair of skins and a straw mat. ”

Liang Qichao picked up his wine glass at this time and said with a smile: "It's far away, but take history as a mirror." Although today's Beiyang is the first to take charge of national politics, the accumulated habits and disadvantages of the Qing Dynasty have been inherited a lot, corruption, bribery, self-respect, and secession, which are all lacking. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, what else does Lao Yuan have? If Lao Yuan Ken is determined to forge ahead, be inclusive, and reform politics, this situation is still promising. But Lao Yuan is old after all, he doesn't have the thought and energy he had back then, and his calculation is to use Beiyang to control the world, and then use the imperial system to control Beiyang. I, Liang Qichao, dare to say that this restoration of the imperial system must be a stinky move, which will not only not rejuvenate the Beiyang lineage, but also accelerate the decline of Beiyang. More importantly, Sun Wen's revolutionaries will take this opportunity to make a comeback, don't believe it, let's wait and see. ”

Cai Ye said with some disbelief: "Teacher, I have often seen the president these days, but I haven't seen the president have the intention of restoration." And the current Beiyang is not monolithic, Feng Guozhang dominates the southeast and refuses to let go, Lao Yuan still dares to restore the imperial system at this time? ”

As soon as Liang Qichao raised his hand, the whole glass of liquor fell into his stomach: "Songpo, my meaning is very clear, in front of Xiong Gong, I hope you and Wenzheng can find a way to get out as soon as possible." Leave the capital, a place of right and wrong, return to the local area as soon as possible, master the old department, and wait and see the current situation. However, this idea is haode, and the words still have to be said clearly, presumably, it is possible for Wen Zheng to get out, as for Songpo, you and the situation in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan, Lao Yuan will not let you go anyway. ”

When Cai Songpo heard this, he could only drink a cup of himself and nodded silently.

And Wang Zhenyu, who had not spoken, became active, he looked at Xiong Xiling and said, "Xiong Gong, this Xiangxi, can I still go back?" ”

Xiong Xiling picked up his wine glass and said: "Ren Gong's idea, you can give it a try, speaking of which, your Xianggui land is not a good land in the eyes of our old Yuan......